Fresh-Market Quality Tree Fruit Harvester Part I: Sweet Cherry

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 539-543

  Peterson, Donald L ^a   Whiting, Matthew D ^b   Wolford, Scott D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherry; Mechanical harvest; Quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHING CONVEYORS; RAPID DISPLACEMENT ACTUATORS (RDA);

ACTUATORS; CONVEYORS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; SCAFFOLDS;

HARVESTING;

PHOCIDAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 0347882735     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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